Tim Sevenhuysen is the founder and sole developer of Oracle's Elixir and provides a variety of consulting and contracting services throughout the esports industry. He is the former Director of Esports Analytics for 100 Thieves, served as Head of Data Science for Esports One, led Shadow.gg from 2017 to 2019, and was Statistical Consultant for Fnatic in 2015. Follow Tim on Twitter at @TimSevenhuysen.
Rekkles has left Fnatic to join arch-rivals G2 Esports, and he’s clearly motivated by one thing: winning the World Championships. But did he make the right choice? Why not try to build a Worlds-winning team at Fnatic? And does G2 + Rekkles actually have a better shot at Worlds than the 2020 G2 roster?
Julian “Pastrytime” Carr calls in to share his impressions of the 2020 Honda Scouting Grounds, review the power rankings he and Tim put together for the Mobalytics analytical coverage of the event, and give some opinions on Cloud9, Team Liquid, and the rest of the LCS offseason.
Tim digs into the format changes planned for LCS academy and amateur in 2021 and beyond, and takes a call from Jon (Kami), the assistant General Manager of the Golden Guardians, who has had extensive input into both the LCS and academy/amateur formats and sees big positives, but also lots of room for improvement.